MTFB FIRST OSCAR PREDICTIONS: PICTURE AND DIRECTION MTFB starts out its Oscar nomnation predicitions for the 2027 awards with our initial predix for Best Picture and Best Direction.   BEST PICTURE 1) The Odyessy 2) Wild Horse Nine 3) La Bola Negra 4) Project Hail Mary 5) The Invite 6) Dune: Part Three 7) The Debut 8) Fjord 9) I Play...

When Ariel Baska traded her 15-year career teaching Latin for the film industry, they were instantly faced with a series of unexpected guardrails. “I found that all of these doors were closed to me because I could not literally walk in the front door,” Baska tells Variety. “As someone who is on the deaf-blind spectrum […]

PORTSMOUTH, NH (October 18, 2026) – The New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) closed four inspiring days of screenings, conversations, and community tonight with the announcement of its 2026 audience choice […] The post The 24th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival Announces 2026 Award Recipients appeared first on New Hampshire Film Festival.

Coro Partigiano di Trieste's Bella Ciao (Canzone Antifascista Italiana) is a choral rendition of one of Italy's most recognizable songs of resistance and freedom. Closely associated with the Italian partisan movement during World War II, Bella Ciao tells the story of a person who awakens to find an invading force and asks a partisan to take them away. Facing the possibility of death, the...

Maria Bamford attends the “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story” premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 22, 2026, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival) By Lucy Spicer More than a decade before Bo Burnham sang songs about being stuck inside, […] The post “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story” Is...

 Veteran Entertainment and Brand Executive to Lead Global Communications Strategy as the Sundance Film Festival Begins Historic New Chapter in Boulder PARK CITY, Utah – The post SUNDANCE INSTITUTE NAMES TRACY BRADY AS CHIEF MARKETING, BRAND AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER first appeared on sundance.org.

Halloween Chills & Otaku Thrills: Japanese Genre Double Features at HIFF46 From J-horror nightmares and killer bears to mind-bending sci-fi and VHS-era mysteries, HIFF46 celebrates the wild imagination of Japanese genre cinema. The 46th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani (HIFF46) presents two Japanese genre double features showcasing the inventive storytelling that has...

Join Friends of the Lost Coast for an inspiring evening of environmental action and film, as the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour makes its annual return to the Arcata Theatre Lounge on Sunday, November 8. The night will showcase 10 custom-selected films – unique to this Arcata presentation – plus live music, a silent […]

By Ramona Flume One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. While we can learn a lot about the filmmakers from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival through the art that these storytellers share with us, there’s always more we can […] The post Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Itab Azzam and Jack...